Is this team better than last year's?

This team is better. When we get to the All-Star break one of two things is going to happen, I'm going to be talking some serious smack or I'm going to be taking it BIG TIME! Nothing left to do but lace em up and throw it up!!!!!!

WOW!! Darth throwing down the fantasy gauntlet! I like the feistiness!! Bring the pain, Lee!!!

It's not about whether we can take insults. This forum is a rare place in the internet where people can discuss things maturely and like adults. If you want high school manners, this is the wrong place.

This team is better. When we get to the All-Star break one of two things is going to happen, I'm going to be talking some serious smack or I'm going to be taking it BIG TIME! Nothing left to do but lace em up and throw it up!!!!!!

Anybody know when training camp starts.

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I will join you with that prediction. The whole premise of this thread is a bit flawed anyway. As if we could pull Sheed and Dyess from last year. I think we have to compare how they do this year on their teams to how CV, Wilcox and Ben Wallace do. Also how Amir stacks up against Day. Gordan vs CB now.

I just noticed that the ESPN headline for the Amir Johnson trade to Toronto reads: "Raptors to trade Delfino to Bucks" When you are involved in a trade where Carlos Delfino gets the headline instead of you, you suck something pretty awful.

I just noticed that the ESPN headline for the Amir Johnson trade to Toronto reads: "Raptors to trade Delfino to Bucks" When you are involved in a trade where Carlos Delfino gets the headline instead of you, you suck something pretty awful.

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That made me laugh.

Didn't Amir come right out of High School? Maybe he should have gone to college and developed his game a bit. Taken some courses too...Fouling 101?

Depends on what the definition of is is. Actually pardon the Bill Clinton reference, I meant better. Going forward, sure the team has a brighter future and a more competitive team in the sense that they are more likely to go out there and fight for games rather than lay down. More talented, that remains to be seen.

But if your asking if the Pistons are noticeably better than a sub .500, 8th seed, the answer is no.

Well, it was before last season started and I guessed "solid starter", which is both wrong and right. I'll concede that "solid" is an overstatement due to the heavy fouling, but on the other hand, he did turn out to be a starter for a long period of time, which was part of the guess.

But he was also a bench player for an equally long period of time... and got DNP-CD's for a bunch of games as well... but from a coach who was fired for his ineptitude.

Nemo, your "out of the league in 3 years" may also turn out to come true. For instance, he could get terribly injured.

That poll was sort of open-ended I guess and provided for multiple right answers.

As far as the minutes per game, those geniuses who guessed 10-19 mpg were right on the money. He averaged 14.7mpg in games where he played and 11.1 if you take his total minutes played and distribute over all 82 games. I will have to go see what I guessed.